The Arizona sentinel., 1887-09-17
LOCAL NOTES.
are baDpv since the rain.

last week for business visit to San Fran cisco.
 We learn that Hon. Isaac Lyons has pur- chased some fine property in Los Angeles county.
 The Jewish New Year begins next Mon day at sundown and closes at sundewn on Tuesday.
 Mir. Louis Jaeger lett yesterday for two or thres weeks visit to Cotton and Los Angeles.
 The Gila is sending down an immense volume of water and the Colorado is alittle on the rise.
 We learn that Mir. Acy, well-known citizen of Washington, D. C., has been in town this week.
 Tbe steamer arrived from Lerdo Thursday and we understand will depart to-day tor upriver points.
 Mir. Day, well-known mining man of the Territory, now operating the Clip mine, has been paying Yuma a visit this week.
 Mir. J. V. Vickers, one of the acoive and enterprising real estate agents of Tombstone was one of the delayed passengers this week
 Some of the del y,d passengers seemed to rather enjoy the enforced visit in Yuma. The climate you know, is about the best in the world.
 The Southern Pacific Hotel is now crowd ed with guests, some of whom are here for health. some to view out the land, others on business and some pleasure.
 To possess a talent for criticism in an em- inent degree is certainly and undoubtedly most desirable, even if the ''bump" denot- ing that particular faculty has been slightly enlarged by an aborted boil.
 A freight train composed in part of Cali fornia fruit cars was detained here by the washout. A large portion of the fruit, con sisting of apples, pears and grapes, was sold by order of the railroad company.
 Mir. W. Wood Porter, nephew of Judge w. w. Porter and clerk of the District Court at Globe, was one of the genial gentle men who spent the week in Yuma because of the demoralized condition of the railroad track.
 Quite number of our patriotic Spanish American citizens went down to Lerdo this week to take part iu the anniversary of the independence of Mexico which was appropriately celebrated yesterday at that place.
 Prof Mock of Virginia, the newly ap- pointed tescher of the Indian school at the Colorado River Agency, accompanied by | his family, arrived in Yuma the latter part of last week and will proceeo hence by steamer.
 This office acknow lodges the pleasure of | visit this week from Judge Haynes. who was so unfortunate as to be detained here | by the washout. He was on bis way to Tucson to attend the term of the District Court now in session at that place.
 Tom Gormlee, the fend who made criminal assault on an eleven-year-old girl | about two months ago near Los Angeles, has at last been captured. The capture was made by Constable Martin Aguirre and his deputy, Sandy Johnson of Los Angeles. They found their man at Ensenada.
 The east-bound passenger which arrived here from the west on Friday evening last week proceeded as far as Mohawk summit and was compelled to return on account of the washouts beyond. The through pass engers were taken back to Colton on Satur- day and sent through on the A. & P.
 While there are now seventy-6ve Iudian children attending the Fort Yuma school, the number will be largely increased as soon as the watermelon and squash season is over. The Yuma cares nothing for Uncle Sam's roast beef and store bread so long as he can get melons and pumpkins.
 The public school opened last Monday with a good attendance Prof. Garrett was not present. having Sone to Tucson pre- vious to the washout and therefore unable to be here on the opening of the school. Mrs Rembert had entire charge during the week and organized the school ready for the regular work of the term.
 The following Arizonans have been spend- ing the week in Yuma, being delayed from the washout: Hon. Sam. Webb and family, c. L. Mckay, Mrs. Campbell. w. Wood | Porter, Phoenix; Mrs. c. H. Arnold, J. A. Vick.rs, Tombstone Mrs Annie Oates and | children, Mrs. Fife Harrison, Tucson; also Judge Haynes of Los Angeles, Paul Hilton and John Adler of Sauta Barbara and Thos. D. Bunyan of Cherokee.
 Yuma enjoyed real, genuine rain on last Saturday and Saturday night. A few flashes of lightning and psals of thunder awhile accompanied the downpour which kept up from about 10 o'clock in the fore noon until late in the afternoon with but little intermIssion. During Saturday night there were some heavy showers. This is the first rain of any importance since October last year. The dust Is thoroughly laid and ere long hills, valleys and mesas